For more than 35 years, Salem Sound Coastwatch has monitored the health of our local waters and now has three volunteer-powered water quality programs: Clean Beaches & Streams, Water Quality & Tributaries, and the Sustained Estuarine Continuous Water Quality Array for Long-term Science (SECWQALS). Each… Read More »Spotlight: Water Quality and Greenscapes
This fall, Salem Sound Coastwatch was pleased to work with Endicott College intern, Katy Serth. A senior environmental science student, Katy was involved in a wide variety of our field studies, scientific research, and outreach events. Katy assisted with several of our eelgrass projects, including… Read More »Thank you to Endicott College intern, Katy!
For 20 years, Barbara Warren stewarded Salem Sound Coastwatch through new endeavors and important milestones. While her legacy will always be part of the organization, in November 2025 she left Salem Sound Coastwatch, and the staff and Board wish to thank her for the legacy… Read More »Thank you, Barbara
Dear Valued Partners and Supporters, On behalf of the Salem Sound Coastwatch Board of Directors, I am writing to inform you that Barbara Warren has departed as Executive Director of Salem Sound Coastwatch, effective November 14, 2025. We would like to thank her for her… Read More »Leadership Transition at Salem Sound Coastwatch
SSCW staff recently completed vegetation monitoring at the Good Harbor salt marsh in Gloucester as part of a Bruce J Anderson Foundation grant. We’ve monitored this marsh since 2001, providing valuable long-term data on the plant species present and how the marsh has changed over… Read More »Spotlight: Good Harbor Salt Marsh